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Please review the NY Times article "In the Sharing Economy, Workers Find Both Freedom and Uncertainty" (available in  "Interesting Articles" folder). Discuss the net impacts of the "IT enabled Sharing Economy", on the employment levels, community (users/ consumers), and on the overall economy. You need to consdier both the positive and negative impacts. For example the "Uber" service, helps the customers with lower the transportation costs, however, the cab drivers in many cities are worried about losing income and livelihoods. What happens to the overall demand for transportation services?